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You know how people often have that dream as a child where you go to school in nothing but your underwear?
Occasionally I still have that dream. Like when we first moved and I had to take The Boy to his new school. I had a dream that I was pulling into the drop off line at school, where the teachers come and get your kid from the car, only to look down and realize I had forgotten to put a shirt on. I panicked and then I woke up.
However, more frequently I have another re-occurring dream that completely irritates me. I dream that I have to use the restroom but I can only find one that is in the middle of a room full of people, or has doors that are really low so people can see you while you are doing your business. But the one that really irritates me is the dream I have about trying to find a restroom that is private,but when I do find it it's ALWAYS disgustingly dirty so I am forced to use the one that has no door on it, or is completely exposed. In these dreams I tell myself to hurry up and "tinkle" before someone comes in, but inevitably some stranger walks in and I try to act normal, as if peeing in front of people is an everyday occurrence that I'm OK with.
These dreams are so vivid and I wake up feeling embarrassed and can't stop thinking about them...Hence this post. Perhaps writing about it will rid them from my mind...Or perhaps it will make you think I am crazy...Maybe both are true.
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
You know how people often have that dream as a child where you go to school in nothing but your underwear?
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Monday, June 26, 2006
A New View
A storm came through early last evening. It was amazing actually. A good soaking rain. Then the clouds started to blow away, but not before making a beautiful display on the mountains to the north.
I love living in the land of trees but I do miss being able to see sunsets and moments like this when the mountains are visible and showing off just a bit.
On a side note:
I have long wanted to change the face of this blog.
Today you get the new look.
Let me know what you think.
La Vida Dulce!
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Sunday, June 25, 2006
Random Question - June
For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note:
Dear Auntie,
Thank you so much for the beautiful rooster syrup dispenser. I have always wanted one just like that.
Actually I saw one once at a boutique, in a little town I vacationed in called Roosterville, and I wanted to buy it. But, just as I was opening my wallet to pay for my rooster, a hen walked in. She looked at my dispenser on the checkout counter and started to cluck very loudly, was crying profusely and making a scene. I tried to comfort this chicken and asked if she was OK.
Apparently my dispenser looked just like her husband of 10 years who had recently had the misfortune of meeting a door-to-door salesman by the name of Sanders. He was duped into believing that if he followed this grey haired salesman to to his office that he would be given $250 dollars for listening to a "talk" about his new business. This was an attractive deal to this fine rooster because he desperately wanted to buy his beautiful birdie bride a sky rise coop in the most coveted neighborhood.
Unfortunately this rooster followed Sanders all the way to Kentucky where he found out that he was actually a Colonel in an unidentified army who liked to serve roosters with a side of mashed potatoes.
After hearing this sad tale I felt horrible for this widowed chicken and decided I would gladly give up my rooster maple syrup dispenser(even though it was the most beautiful thing I had ever laid my eyes on and I desperately wanted it for myself)...I bought a cow dispenser instead.
Having the rooster dispenser is a much wanted addition to my collection. If in the future you see one in the shape of a pig or a sheep please buy it and I will pay you back.
Thanks again for the gift..You are always so thoughtful.
Now, if you feel so inclined, it's your turn...write your thank you notes in the comment section...I like to hear from you!
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Saturday, June 24, 2006
Hanging Out
The Gang: (minus my youngest brother Dan and my cousin Katie).
In a past post I mentioned my cousin who is 24 years younger than I am...He is sitting next to The Boy on the couch...My brother Fil is sitting next to me with his two little ones.
We are still having lots of fun here in hot, dry, AZ. This weekend I have eaten sushi, thrown a shower, and been gloriously slobbered on by my sweet nephew. I've been shopping and had more Venti Passion Fruit teas than I can count! This next week will be exciting as I anticipate the arrival of my sweet husband on Friday!
I wish I had more to say, or something funny to write, but my brain has gone on vacation mode. I will work on it! Until then...
La Vida Dulce!
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Friday, June 23, 2006
Two Things
#1. I have a new addiction: Starbucks Passion Fruit Iced Tea. I woke up thinking about it.
#2. I am getting lost in the city I grew up in. I got lost on the way home from the gym yesterday. They have built stuff all over this town and now I have no idea where I am. It annoys me....Luckily they have built a Starbucks on every corner so I can solve all my problems there. (see # 1)
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Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Happy 1st Official Day of Summer
It's the first day of summer and it couldn't be better.
Yesterday I went to the gym with my sis-in-law. Her gym has these classes that are fun but are T-O-U-G-H! But with names like BodyAttack and BodyPump you wouldn't expect them to be easy. Let's just say that when I finished the Attack class on Saturday it felt good...But the rest of the day felt exactly like it did the day I ran a 10k...Tired and sluggish. Yesterday I did the Pump class which is "Resistance to Rhythm", meaning you lift weights to music until you think you are going to die, and then you wake up in the morning and can't bring your own coffee cup to your mouth because your muscles are screaming in pain.
Today I spent some time in my mother's real estate office doing some admin work for her and then I took the kids out side for several hours of swimming, popsicle eating and sun bathing. And although I used enough sunscreen to cover a small army I still got a bit of burn on my back (the perils of being 30). So my back has that sunburn itching that for now has to be ignored...Because the soreness of yesterdays work out doesn't allow for reaching around to scratch one's sunburned back.
But even a sunburn can't get me down on a beautiful summer day in the desert. As I type the first monsoon storm of the season is blowing in and doing it's best to look threatening. But there is something awesome about rain in the desert in the middle of summer and I say: Bring It On!
Below are a few pictures of the mountains as they anticipate a good summer drink.
La Vida Dulce!
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Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Father's Day and Family Fun
My posting time has been considerably lacking but all is well. For those of you who were worried with all the news of Arizona being on fire, worry no more. The fires are in Sedona which is a good drive from here. Unfortunately, this is the desert and fires often happen at this time of year.
We have been having a great time swimming and hanging out with friends and family. On Father's Day we were all here and two of my cousins stopped by as well. They are fun gals and I learned two things while they were here: 1. Playing the game "can you fit through a coat hanger" is slightly humiliating but extremely funny. 2. Playing with cardboard boxes is still more fun than many fine toys.
My "little" brother gave The Boy a hair cut which in many ways is sort of like a passing of a baton. The Boy is the spitting image of Dan when he was 8 years old.Dan continues to wear his hair the same way. It works for him.
That's the scoop!
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Monday, June 19, 2006
Speaking of "look-a-likes", these are my cousins Emily and Katie. Out of the 11 grandchildren (me being the oldest) there are about 9 years between Emily (on my right) and I . And 11 between Katie and myself. That doesn't make me feel quite so old as their little brother who is 24 years younger than me (and only one year older than my son!). Many people say that Emily and I are spitting images...what do you think?
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Me...trying to fit through a wire hanger.
Let's just say the top half went through without a hitch...but (as you can see) it got stuck somewhere near the bottom. It's hard to see in the picture but my hand is on the "hook" of the hanger. We finally had to untwist the top part of the hanger to get me out. I know.....I know.... We are easily entertained...and we weren't even drinking.
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Friday, June 16, 2006
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I'm Famous!
My sister-in-law, Jen, asked me if I knew I had been made into an action figure. I said I didn't . (It was made when I had short hair) But it is true.
"She cleans the house, and she makes dinner. She plays nursery rhymes on the guitar (repertoire includes Old Macdonald had a Farm) and she tells really bad jokes. It's the blogger and coffee drinker who likes good hair and good shoes. She can leap small buildings made of Legos and she has a hankering for chocolate on a daily basis. It's the Kellie Action Figure!"
(Pictured below: a pic of me with short hair...to get the full effect.)
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With short hair...and my Dad before a wedding last year. Notice he was helping get a pre-wedding "fix". You can click onthe picture to enlarge it.
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
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We're Here!
Three times I sat down between last night and today in an attempt to blog. But alas, swimming, holding babies, and hanging out with the "fam" has (rightfully) taken precedence.
In the last 30 hours I have traveled across the country, going from soggy, wet tropical storm weather to hot-as-an-oven heat (108 yesterday). But the humidity is killer...a whopping 6% humidity today (note the sarcasm)....my friends in humid places are rolling thier eyes right now.
I must take this time to say that when I am here I have the BEST hair days. It could be my parents fancy shampoo, but the lack of moisture in the air has to help. My lips and skin, on the other hand, are screaming for chapstick and lotion...it doesn't take any time to be completely parched here. My large water bottles here aren't nearly big enough for this H2O junky.
I got this time to post with an unexpected 20 minutes of downtime before my brother and his family and my parents all sit down for dinner, which means I won't have time to post pics...but I hope to do so soon.
La Vida Dulce
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Just like Tabitha
It's always on the day before I leave for vacation that I wish that I could wiggle my nose and make all the pre-work of vacation be finished. Of course, instead of being upstairs doing what I should be doing I am sitting at the computer in an attempt to avoid packing.
I always tell myself that I am going to have everything done so that I can relax the night before I leave. Inevitably I am up very late packing and trying to cram three days of work into three hours that I would normally be tucked into bed.
There may be a day or two lapse in the old blog...But then again maybe not. There is a three hour time difference between Arizona and the East Coast so I am sure that I will be ready for bed by 6pm tomorrow and will be wide awake at 3am Thursday, leaving some great early morning hours to catch y'all up on my adventures of flying all day with two children across the country. Fortunately I have two of the best travelers so I am certain all will be well.
Soon to post: Pictures of mountains and cacti
and of all things desert-y.
La Vida Dulce!
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Monday, June 12, 2006
First Official Day of Summer
Today is the first official day of summer!
Seems like just yesterday I was sadly posting about the end of summer and the beginning of an empty (daytime) nest.
Here is a poem that describes my feelings all year and makes me anticipate the weeks ahead...
On a side note: 48 hours from now I will be arriving in the arid Sonoran Desert where the current temperature is predicted to be 108! Perfect!
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Wednesday, June 07, 2006
And Baby If You Call Me, You Can Call Me KAL
I just bought myself a new bag with my initials monogrammed on the side. I love it because it is big and will be great for traveling (just 7 short days from now) but will be also good for shlepping music to work in the winter when I am cold and need something summery to look at. The Big Bonus: It hold my largest water bottle with the greatest of ease.
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Sunday, June 04, 2006
Puppy Chow
Yesterday afternoon I took The Girl shopping for summer things. We shopped so long that we sailed right over the lunch hour and around 1:30 we both realized we were hungry. The Girl, having been born with a Golden Arches tracking device in her head, immediately let me know that there was a McDonald's not far away. I am not a lover of anything remotely related to two-all-beef-patties-special-sauce-lettuce-cheese-pickles-onions-on-a-sesame-seed-bun. So I decided I would grab a protein bar of some sort in the department store that I was currently shopping in.
I usually stick with the same bar but for some reason I was ready for a change and decided to live a little and try something new. I decided that I would try a Zone Perfect Bar: Chocolate Mint. Afterall, Jennifer Aniston does the Zone and she is skinny. So it goes without saying if I eat this wonderfully tasty, high protein bar for lunch, that is supposed to taste like a York Peppermint Patty, I will instantly be a super skinny California movie star shopping in a high end boutique, (instead of an average mother enjoying a day with her daughter...Shopping Walmart). Oh Yeah, I also won't be hungry for three days because of all that good protein.
This was the most vile thing (well maybe not most vile...I have had a raw Dim Sum thing once) I have put in my mouth. It tasted exactly like Puppy Chow.
It's at this time that you are asking yourself: How does she know what Puppy Chow tastes like?
The answer: I've tasted it.
And there's a story there.
When I was about 6 or 7 years old I was one of the privileged "Kim O'K" Kids. Kim O'K (KO'K) was lady who ran a daycare out of her home. I really liked KO'K. She was highly organized and she ran a tight ship, but she was kind.
Looking back, and knowing what I now know of homemaking, I would bet my chocolate collection that she was probably a professional couponer...Something I admire and respect but (like gardening) have tried and am not cut out for...It's a lot of work. Anyway, she would make homemade lunches for all the children she kept in her home. I am not talking homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwiches here, I am talking homemade Mac N cheese, and for the interest of this story, homemade spaghetti.
I remember getting in line to get my bowl of spaghetti. The kitchen smelled really yummy and I collected my portion in a blue Tupperware bowl. I took it ouside to the covered patio where she had picnic tables set up. I placed my fork into the squishy noodle dish and what did I find...A leaf! A large green leaf!!!!
I took my bowl to her and explained that I needed something else, because on general principle, I didn't eat leaves. But she told me that that was what we had for lunch...There would be nothing else.
So I chose not to eat.
But soon I was exceedingly hungry.
The back yard was sort of divided into two parts. One half was the patio and an area covered with fake grass turf (the kind that you can roll out like a carpet) that had all sorts of toys and things to crawl and climb on. The other side of the yard was lanscaped and although we weren't banned from that area we didn't often venture over there because frankly, it wasn't all that fun.
I was sulking from the injustice of being served spaghetti with leaves in it so I wandered over to the "boring" section of the yard. On that side of the yard there was a sliding glass door that led to the master bedroom. On the little concrete slab that was just outside that sliding glass door lay a dog dish. Filled with Puppy Chow. As I was sitting there pondering the severe hunger pains (I mean I hadn't eaten anything in probably two whole hours!) another boy about my age walked up. I told him my plight and he dared me to eat some dog food.
So I did.
Only a few bites though. It wasn't too bad, especially for dog food. You know, it tasted just like a Zone Perfect Chocolate Mint Bar.
So that is the story.
Here's the funny part. I now make homemade spaghetti sauce as well. Not because I am anywhere near the homemaking caliber of KO'K, but because I prefer the taste over the jarred varieties. And guess what, I use leaves as well...It's called oregano.
So if you are a Zone-y out there and you think that those chocolate mint bars taste like anything tasty, I have some bad news for you:
It's been a long time since you had sugar. You're hungry...Go buy a candy bar.
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Saturday, June 03, 2006
True Confessions
I have a confession to make:
I think I might be a plant killer.
My garden isn't doing well after a hail storm we had a few weeks back. My tomato plant got over watered and wasn't in a pot that drained well. The three potted plants I got for Teacher Appreciation day are slowly fading (even though I am watering them) and a Rosemary plant given to me by a friend is looking a bit sad. I even planted grass seed in he Spring that hasn't grown very well.
I am not sure I am cut out for the caring of plants. Although I would really like to add "Amazing Gardner" to my list of talents I am not sure it's going to work.
I had such great dreams of homegrown salads and of graciously (and yet very humbly) taking my fruits and veggies to neighbors and friends and nodding demurely as they compliment my gardening abilities. The conversations would sound something like this: "Why Kellie, I have never seen such beautiful fruits and veggies...however do you do it"....But I digress.
I am a plant killer and I think I might have to resort to buying my fruits and vegetable this summer like everybody else.
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Friday, June 02, 2006
How do spell V-a-c-a-t-i-o-n?
12 days from right now I will be in the warm sunny desert sitting by the side of the pool with the kiddos, eating a Popsicle and feeling good.
One of the many highlights of going home this summer is going to see my new nephew, Lil Fil, and playing with my niece Maliah. It's always fun to have some time with little kids whom you love like your own...But can give back when your tired. Being and Aunt must feel a bit what it is like when you are a grandparent...Only you can still remember vividly those sleepless nights...Which make you a bit more cautious.
As I blog in the coming weeks of our adventures in Arizona you will most likely see more of them. They are pictured below.
So the countdown to our Trek to the Southwest has begun! I can't wait!
To completely change the subject...Did any one watch the last bit of the Scripps Spelling Bee last night?
Oh the tension was unbearable!! I felt awful for those kids who missed it by like one letter...Come on, I mean some of those words needed to drop a letter of two anyway. When it was over part me just felt like I needed to go open my dictionary and stare at it for a few minutes...But then I decided to forget it...That's what spell check is for....The other part of me wondered what these kids do for fun...I mean what are they going to do for fun this summer? Other than experiencing weltschmerz (: a mood of sentimental sadness; Merriam-Webster Dictionary) from all those words floating around in their head.
I think I need a vacation.
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Thursday, June 01, 2006
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Shoes Glorious Shoes!
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Two lower beds convertible to a king-size bed
Bathroom with full-size whirlpool bath, dual sink vanity unit, WC and separate shower
Wardrobes and drawer space
Two seater sofa, two chairs and table
Vanity unit/writing desk
TV, DVD player and radio
Safe, hairdryer and refrigerator
Tea/coffee making facilities
Slippers and bathrob
Direct dial telephone
Balcony with two loungers, two chairs and a table
Fully air-conditioned
Ironing board and trouser press
Meridian - Main Restaurant
Featuring a two-tiered layout and refined décor, every night will be an occasion in the Meridian Restaurant. Enjoy the special ambience and sociable atmosphere of a main dining room, with a five-course menu (six-course on Gala Nights). You can choose either the Club Dining or Freedom Dining at Meridian.
By choosing Club Dining you're opting for the cruising tradition of set sitting times. The same table will be reserved for you and your table companions every night for first or second sitting, at 6.30pm or 8.30pm. You'll dine at the same time and table each night and enjoy the same company. It's the way many a friendship has been made on board. You can request your preferred sitting when you book a Select Price and we'll inform you of your table number and sitting with a card in your cabin when we welcome you on board.
Freedom Dining allows you the flexibility to turn up at selected restaurants anytime you choose between 6pm and 9.30pm, with whom you like, and every effort will be made to accommodate you. Freedom Dining is included in your fare when you book a Select Price. Just opt for it when making your Select Price booking.
Treat yourself to a classic English afternoon tea, served daily in the main restaurants. You can enjoy a selection of finger sandwiches, delicious cakes and of course the all important scone topped with clotted cream and jam, all served alongside a pot of tea or coffee.
The Belvedere
No matter what time of day it is, if you fancy a good meal you'll always get one on board Arcadia. The Belvedere food court offers informal dining around the clock. With a wide choice of menus from Oriental and Italian to bistro-style dishes and a delicatessen counter, this stylish and modern venue is the place to go for casual dining any time of the day or night. So if you've just returned to the ship after a shore excursion and have worked up a late afternoon appetite you can still enjoy a great meal.
Dine around the clock - Late night snacks are available from buffet restaurants from 10pm until late. The menu for these late night buffet options changes each day however, examples may include: self-service sandwich bar, ready-made paninis, homemade cakes, biscuits and pastries.
Poolside Snack
All that swimming and lounging can be hungry work, but there's plenty of pool side snacks to choose from burgers, hot dogs and fish and chips.
Room Service
Enjoy room service in your comfy cabin. You can order breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner straight to your cabin. Please note room service is complimentary but some dishes are charged at an additional cost.
Please note there's additional cost for dining at each of the restaurants below.
Enjoy a menu inspired by Atul Kochhar. His Soft Shell Crab and Squid Salad in particular is sure to be a favourite. The restaurant is located at the top of Arcadia on Sky Deck, adjacent to the central lifts. Here you will be welcomed by panoramic views, an informal atmosphere and contemporary décor.
The Ocean Grill
From Baked Portobello Mushroom with Spinach Leaf and Pecan Salad to Salt Marsh Lamb Rack with Dauphinoise Potato, crushed Minted Peas and Romarin Scented Jus - the choice is yours. Of course, no self-respecting grill restaurant would be complete without succulent steaks - all cuts come from Premium Grass-fed beef, dry-aged on the bone for a minimum period of 28 days.
Enjoy a leisurely dip in the pool or simply relax on deck and soak up the sun on one of our sun loungers.
With a range of activities taking place throughout the day, you'll struggle to fit everything in. Take a look below for some examples of activities you could enjoy on board...

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The electrically-operated sunroof on my Mk3 (1995) VW Golf has trouble operating under its own power. When I push the button to open/close it, it moves a fraction of an inch and then gets stuck, with something in the circuit making an audible "click" noise. It is possible to open/close the sunroof all the way by pushing the button dozens of times in quick succession.
What's a good way to investigate / fix this? Does it just need some kind of lubrication, or is there a problem with the circuit? (The click noise makes me think that something is overloading, or ... something.)


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What is GupSlamAlert:
GupSlamAlert is a small AddOn that plays a sound and displays a message when a warrior receives the instant Slam! buff. It also has support for the T10 set bonus with a different sound.
The addon is based on the SlamAlert but since 3.3 this addon was broken cuz blizzard changed something (Should work again in the latest patch). GupSlamAlert is a complete rewrite of it with a more improved code.
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Red Nose is one of my favorite contemporary artists, so, I was very excited to get an email this morning alerting me to the release of The Look Book.
"The Look Book is a charming peek into the lives of Ann and Ian, two siblings who leave the house one afternoon and see the world in unusual ways. The book combines stunning photographs of miniature scenes with dark wit and clever turns of phrase to create a delightful package."
Chris Sickels, AKA Red Nose Studio, has more info on his blog, including sketches, here and here.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Red Nose Studios: The Look Book
Red Nose is one of my favorite contemporary artists, so, I was very excited to get an email this morning alerting me to the release of The Look Book.
Labels: Art Books, Red Nose Studios
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- Carl V. Anderson said...
I'm so glad this is finally coming out. I did a Friday Favorites post on Red Nose long ago and was excited when I heard this book was coming out.
If anyone has the book, might want to leave a comment on Amazon. There's only one now and its really bad, from someone who didn't understand the premise. Was expecting a nice, kids book.
- Irene Gallo said...
Wow - reading that review is actually funny when you know Red Nose's work and understand that pictures aren't just for kids. Frankly, he's got me even more excited to get a copy.I wonder what that guy thinks of Edward Gorey? Hopefully anyone reading the review will realize he's clueless.
And I love that Amazon recommends Shaun Tan based on LOOK BOOK. Tan is another beautiful-while-creepy artist.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Amy Alessio and Hearts & Daggers by Margot Justes
Amy is an outstanding YA librarian, an author, a collector of vintage cookbooks, and Amy offers very successful cooking & cookbook programs to Libraries-successful as in room filled to capacity-successful. Did I forget to mention that Amy is a wife and mother? I have no idea how she does it, maybe some of her energy will rub off on me. Amy was the driving force behind Hearts & Daggers, and I'm absolutely delighted to introduce Amy to Acme Authors.
Thanks so much to Margot and Acme Authors for letting me discuss my vintage cookbook and crafts fixation and how that resulted in the novella I wrote as part of the Hearts and Daggers Valentine's mystery trilogy. Like Margot Justes and Mary Welk, the authors who round out the trilogy, my story is part of a series. I've now published four stories about Alana O'Neill, a bookkeeper at an antiques mall. In this adventure, Alana and her eighteen year old son Elliott try to figure out what happened when a booth owner is murdered. They are in the midst of a Valentine's weekend festival at the mall. One speaker at the festival is Rebecca Standish from Margot's story, talking about the art of valentines. Mary's Caroline Rhodes character also makes an appearance in the story and Alana has a cameo in each of the other novellas.
Alana, much like her author, collects vintage cookbooks. Also like her author, she's not a great cook. A new café is opened in the antiques mall and one of the bakers makes fun of the foods in old cookbooks, something not easily forgiven by Alana. Alana tries to make a fancy chili chocolate candy herself to show she can be modern –with terrible results. Did I mention Blast From the Past, my novella, contains over twenty recipes and variations? One is for eight variations of classic Butter Cake. All the Alana stories have recipes, and no chili chocolates appear, don't worry. I've enclosed one of the recipes below for you to enjoy. If you like seeing recipes from old cookbooks stop by the Vintage Cookbooks and Crafts blog at my site. I love it when people write in with their own food memories.
Alana has a lot on her mind besides recipes after a booth owner is murdered. She researches how the crime is tied to a diary and a necklace that owner had recently found in boxes of stuff brought in to the mall. Elliott is a big help to her as always but is also busy denying a crush on a lovely teen vintage clothing collector.
It was a Blast for me to do this project with Margot and Mary and we are looking forward to a Halloween trilogy from our series this year as well. I suspect there will be haunted objects in the antiques mall among other odd occurrences.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Punch Bowl Cookies
½ lb. butter
5 Tblsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
Form small balls – press with fork or glass. Bake for 10 minutes at 375F. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar while still warm. Makes 3 dozen.
-Amy Alessio
6 comments:
- Debra St. John said...
Hi Amy,
Thanks so much for sharing this insight into your story. I love mystery/detective series where the main character constantly finds him/herself in 'interesting' situations in each book.
Does Alana's series need to be read in any particular order? Where can I find her other stories?
And I love how all of the authors in this anthology have woven their characters into each other's stories.
- January 28, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- CA Verstraete said...
Great cover; the stories sound fun too!
- January 28, 2012 at 9:19 AM
- Amy Alessio said...
Thanks for the nice comments! Our cover artist is Karen McQuary - she does all my Amazon covers.
Alana and Elliott first appear in three short stories: Treasures, then Missing Andy, then Felled by Fruitcake before this novella in Hearts and Daggers. They are all on Amazon for Kindle.
- January 28, 2012 at 9:39 AM
- Morgan Mandel said...
Sounds like you have great fun putting this all together!
Much success and don't eat too many of those punch bowl cookies!
Morgan Mandel
- January 28, 2012 at 9:43 AM
- Romance Readers Digest said...
Way to go Ladies!
- January 28, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Deb Larson said...
Amy ~ Welcome to Acme Authors. Your story sounds great.Best of luck with sales.
DL Larson
- January 29, 2012 at 2:08 PM


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For a time, it appeared that the impact of the recent financial panic and ongoing economic downturn might be largely contained to U.S. consumers, businesses and government leaders. No more.
Monday's global stock market sell-off reinforced fears that the Great American Lending Bubble is now weighing heavily on our major trade partners and the global investors who have been supplying the river of capital that the U.S. economy has come to rely on.
The most immediate impact is being felt by exporters, who have enjoyed something a revival in the past few years as a weak dollar and higher productivity made their products more competitive around the world. But like most businesses those importers rely on credit — both for long-term expansion and short-term funding needs.
Now, as exporters face those home-grown problems associated with the credit drought, their overseas customers are also having tough time borrowing money. As the credit squeeze works its way through the global financial system, trade-related businesses will among the first to get hurt, and exporters are going to take a big hit, according to David Resler, chief economist at Nomura Securities.
"All of our growth in the second quarter was the result of the improvement in our net export position. That's now over," he said. "Commerce around the world is ratcheting down, and that feeds on itself. When we buy less from Asia, Asia has less income and fewer jobs to generate(income) to buy from us."
But the flow of capital across borders dwarfs the flow of goods. That's why the spread of financial turmoil overseas is even more worrisome, according to Chris Varvares, president of Macroeconomics Advisers.
"If foreign investors whose stock values and credit market were functioning well could come in and become buyers and that would support our assets," he said. "If everybody's going down together, there's nobody out there who's going step in and provide a floor to these assets. There are no natural buyers. And that's why we need a coordinated (global) policy response."
On Monday, the panic that began on Wall Street effectively shut down interbank and other loan markets, pushing industrialized countries closer to recession. Even as Sweden, Austria and Denmark followed Germany's lead by offering guarantees to savers, investors from Tokyo to London continued to slash risk from portfolios and braced for a further tightening of credit and bank lending.
Worldwide turmoilSouth Korea said it wanted crisis talks with Japan and China, and equities crumbled in the Persian Gulf region on concerns the fallout would spread.
Until recently the European Central Bank has been holding interest rates at relatively high levels to keep inflation in check, the ECB's only official mission. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in contrast, has a dual mission of fighting inflation and maintaining economic growth.
But with the European economy slowing, a European rate cut is looking much more likely, according to Jack Bouroudjian, chairman of Capital Market Technologies.
"They're talking about 7.5 percent unemployment now in the Eurozone," he told CNBC. "They're starting to creep up to levels that are scaring them, even those that are the inflation hawks over there. This is a very important part of the entire puzzle."
Lower rates, especially when coordinated among central banks around the world, have historically had a powerful impact on the markets. But the current downturn is being driven by a force not seen on this scale in 75 years — full-blown panic.
To calm jittery investors and savers, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has raised limits on insured accounts. FDIC Chairwoman Shelia Bair told a group of economists in Washington Monday that the agency's board would consider a measure this week to raise insurance premiums on banks to boost its $45 billion cash reserve. The measure has two goals, Bair said.
"It seems only fair that we shift a greater burden of any increase onto riskier institutions," she told the National Association of Business Economists. "And higher-risk institutions can reduce their premiums by changing their risk profiles."
But some banks may not be able to change their risk "profiles" fast enough to head off insolvency — especially if they're strapped for cash just when they're being asked to pay higher FDIC premiums. That may also help contribute to one of the sources of the widespread uncertainty and anxiety in the markets: No one is really sure which banks are sound and which ones are close to the edge.
That problem is especially pronounced in Europe, where bankers were slower to own up to bad debts because rules are less stringent about "marking to market," according to Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial. "That means that bad loans may have lingered on the books of Europe banks longer than they did in the U.S."
European bank regulators face an even bigger challenge, she says.
"Unlike the U.S., they have no FDIC, so they're facing this crisis of having to have all these individual countries working together — which have failed to do because they don't want each other's problems," she said. Compounding the problem is that some of the banks are huge.
For a time, economists debated whether the U.S., European and Asian economies had "de-coupled" and were somewhat insulated from regional economic downturns. But like a lot of other assumptions, the global financial panic has laid that idea to rest.
As American policymakers scramble to put out the fire, governments in other regions, including Europe, are finding they're not as well prepared.
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For months, economists have been debating just how the ongoing downturn will play out — often referring to various alphabet shapes to describe the economy's trajectory — a "V" shape for a quick turn down and rapid recovery, a "W" shape for a recovery that slides back down again; and "L" for a slump that lasts for some time.
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"My belief is this will be an intense period of contraction, people pulling back," said Brian Wesbury, of First Trust Advisers. "But then we should come through this on the other side by early next year and really come out of this quickly."
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Marciac, Midi-Pyrenees, France
Key features
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Property description
Big preau with summer kitchen (70 m2)
Cellar (29 m2)
Bathroom (4 m2)
Kitchen (9 m2)
Dining room ( 26 m2)
Living room (23 m2)
Bedroom with shower (13 m2)
Entrance (13 m2)
Batroom (6.6m2)
Bedroom (15 m2)
Bedroom (15 m2)+ shower (3 m2)
Bedroom (24 m2)
Bedroom (17 m2)
Office '9.6 m2)
Large hangar 600 m2
Outdoor kitchen
Old house to renovate 250 m2
Barns 80 m2
Vegetable garden
10 minutes from Marciac in a quiet village
3/4 from de TARBES
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Occitanie Regional Description
This is the new region formed by the amalgamation of Midi-Pyrenees and Languedoc Roussillon. In 2016 the French government decided to amalgamate some departements of France to save administrative costs and these two departements become one, under the title of Occitanie. Whilst recognising this change, for regional information purposes we will continue to describe each area separately as they tend to have more differences than similarities.
Midi-Pyrenees Regional Description
The Midi-Pyrenees regionwas one of the largest regions of France being nearly the size of Austria.It spans the area from south of the river Dordogne right down to the Spanish border and as such offers an enormous diversity of landscape, lifestyle and property prices. The area includes the departements of Lot, Aveyron, Tarn et Garonne, Tarn, Gers, Haute Garonne, Ariege and Haute- Pyrenees. The climate throughout the area is warm and sunny for most of the year and access via Toulouse airport or TGV station is easy from most of the UK. The slow pace of life and low population density brings with it a quality of life so many of us are searching for these days. Buying a house in Tarn et Garonne is likely to bring you as much pleasure as buying a house in Gers or buying a house in Haute Garonne. The departments are fairly interchangeable and it will just be a matter of finding the very best house to suit your needs.
Toulouse is the only large town in Midi-Pyrenees with one third of the whole population of the area living there. The rest of the area consists of small towns and villages and enjoys the lowest population per square kilometre of any French region. If you are looking for a rural lifestyle in the sun then looking for a home in Midi-Pyrenees is to be recommended. The area is mainly an agricultural one with fields of sunflowers, wheat and maize plus orchards full of plum trees around Agen. There are very good vineyards to the north and to theeast livestock, especially sheep, live on the causses - the dry, limestone plateaux. The Midi-Pyrenees has so many navigable waterways, with two canals and four major rivers that there is enough boating in this region for everyone who loves the idea of slowly floating through the watery countryside. If you tire of boats, fishing and swimming you can enjoy any of the twenty plus traffic-free green cycle routes which wend their way through the countryside. It's a region of leisurely boating and cycling, nothing is too rushed in Midi-Pyrenees, even your French house hunting trip will be gentle.
Despite its rural nature the departements of the old Midi-Pyrenees have a lot to offer culturally. Amongst my favourites are the amazing red brick cathedral of Saint Cecile in Albi and the Toulouse Lautrec museum nearby but you can choose to come right into the twenty first century with a visit to the Cite de l'Espace in Toulouse. Feeling energetic? Then you can climb the 374 steps of the Escalier Monumental in Auch, go climb a mountain or two, swim in a lake or choose to visit some of the numerous abbeys and churches along one of the three routes to Santiago de Compostella. There is always plenty to do in this enormous area and when you need to refuel you will surely delight in the many gastronomic specialities of the area.The Midi-Pyrenees, especially the departments of Tarn et Garonne, Haute Garonne, Ariege, Haute Pyrenees and Gers are certainly good places to start your search if peace, beauty, sunshine and easy access from the UK are on your list of 'must haves' for your house in France.
Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Description
So often people think of the South of France as being the destination of the privileged. The very sound of it conjures up an image of the Cote d'Azur, Nice, Cannes, St Tropez and a superbly decadent lifestyle. Lovely as this part of the south of France is, there is another part which is often overlooked, Languedoc-Roussillon which adjoins Provence to the east and Spain to the west. For anyone looking to buy a home in the south of France it is well worth investigating this less popular and less expensive part of the south.
The area offers a very diverse landscape with the Pyrenees mountains to the west and the marshlands of the Camargue, at the mouth of the Rhone river, to the east and many long stretches of sandy beach inbetween. There are lively and interesting towns such as Nimes, Montpellier, Beziers, Perpignan and many more, so when you tire of the sea and countryside there is much to keep you busy in these and many other towns in the region. Whatever you are looking for when you search for French property it is likely that you will find it in this area.Not only does Languedoc Roussillon boast coast, mountains, castles and culture but it also has the Canal du Midi wending its way through the vineyards to the sea at Sete. There are also heather covered hills, enormous lakes and spectacular gorges. If you are looking for a property in Languedoc-Roussillon you will certainly be spoilt for choice of landscape and lifestyle.
Another major attraction of the area is the climate. With 300+ days of sunshine a year and wonderfully long, warm summers it is not surprising that people from all over the world have chosen to buy property in Languedoc-Roussillon. This does mean that property prices are higher than further north but there still remain many village houses for around £100,000, small coastal apartments at the same price and then incredible villas and farmhouses from £250,000 upwards, making property in Languedoc-Roussillon much more affordable than in the adjoining Provence.
Before buying a house in France it is important to consider the lifestyle your new home will offer you. The joy of being in the south is that for most of the year life is lived outside. On the beach, walking in the heather covered hills, cooling in the mountains or simply sitting in the numerous delightful village squares with your early morning coffee and croissant or sipping Pastis as you watch the sun go down, most of your days will be spent outside. Winters are short and usually sunny but do not be fooled, they can be cold. However, as so many of the locals are busy with the tourist trade the rest of the year, winter is a time for carnivals and festivals, for sharing meals with your friends and neighbours or simply for sitting by a log fire preparing for the long, hot summer days which are never far away.
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In integrating humanoid adaptive servo-grippers with 3D vision and smart software, the goal for the design is a new generation of robots that can lower tooling costs over conventional systems.
The human-like arms and grippers use common controls to work together or independently. For example, each arm lift a different product, and the arms can work together to assemble them. A seven-axis design (as opposed to the typical six-axis design) provides the flexibility to work with objects of different sizes.
An interesting aspect of this system is its targeting of factory automation applications. Potential uses include small bin picking setups where parts are constantly changing and robotic solutions would have been ruled out in the past. The system has already been deployed in small batch automation processes with large mix of parts, and tasks normally accomplished using manual labor. Applications where the humanoid robot excels include tasks where there is advantage of the two arms working in tandem, or if it is difficult for a one-armed robot to accomplish the motions in a limited working area.
A key technological advantage of this system, according to its makers, is that users don't need to spend time or money changing the hardware environment; the Robomotive can be placed in a workstation and trained to do the task a human would do. The user can load a lot of programs, so tasks can be switched easily and quickly.
This humanoid robot (featured in the Robomotive video below) highlights how this technology is being adapted to industrial environments. The ability to use 3D vision and coordinate two independent arms opens up new possibilities for automating repetitive manual tasks.
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Julia Weist, Reach (2015), displayed at 107-37 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, New York
The latest in a series of interviews with artists who have a significant body of work that makes use of or responds to network culture and digital technologies.
Reach, your first public artwork, a billboard produced 14 x 48, is up on Queens Boulevard. Can you talk about that work and your thinking about the connection between public art and the public space online?
Reach is a billboard featuring an analog word that I made digital. This word was used in print in the 1600s, but rarely since and never online until earlier this year when I created a single search result for it. I worked carefully with Google's Webmaster Search Console to control the crawl and index of a webpage I made, after some missteps with DNS, nav menu, and even permalink indexing that created multiple hits for the word. The Reach webpage includes a short text about the enduring value of emptiness as well as some strong language requesting that no one else use this word anywhere else online.
The project is really an experiment in the viability of singularity on the internet, but also an attempt to render a digital impression physically. When the billboard goes up, I'll plug in a lamp in my home that will turn on each time the webpage is visited (through a series of interconnecting scripts, a circuit board, and an internet-enabled outlet).
We're all pretty familiar with the idea of sharing a lone experience—think a solo hike in the middle of the wilderness—with scores of non-present entities online. But what we're less familiar with is the case where hundreds of thousands of people experience the same thing in real life, but create no shared digital footprint. I'm interested in the fragility of that proposition, and in measuring the project's progress through a domestic indicator.


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Washington - Thomas A. Edison, one of the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology, received patent no. 200,521 for a phonograph on February 19, 1878. This patent is just one of the more than one thousand Edison was granted for his inventions.
Edison was exceptionally inquisitive, and while tinkering with the telegraph transmitter he discovered that when played back at high speeds, the tape sounded like spoken words. He figured out that the human voice, and other sounds, could cause a light material plate to vibrate. And, when properly placed, a needle could indent the plate, recording the vibrations, and found that yet another needle could play them back. He eventually rigged a tinfoil cylinder and a stylus with which he recorded, "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
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You may not want fries — or any fast food — after reading this shocking story: A New York-based artist photographed a McDonald's Happy Meal every day for a half a year only to discover that it didn't decompose. At all. Gross!
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Manhattan-based artist Sally Davies decided to see what would happen if she left the hamburger and fries from the popular kids' meal sit out for six months. Calling her experiment "The Happy Meal Project," the 54-year-old snapped a picture of the food every single day for half a year.
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Mom-t0-be Jen Schefft has been craving Big Macs!
After two weeks, she became suspicious because the Happy Meal appeared virtually the same as the day she purchased it. "It was then that I realized that something strange might be going on with this food," she says. Sure, the fries shriveled up a little bit, as did the burger patty, but the bun showed no signs of decay or even mold. How is that possible?
Hedi Klum takes her kids to McDonald's
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Odd indeed. And when contacted for comment about their seemingly indestructible food, McDonald's spokeswoman Danya Proud called the claims "outlandish and completely false."
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Martin Rees earned his degrees in mathematics and astronomy at the University of Cambridge, where he is currently emeritus professor of cosmology and astrophysics. He served as Master of Trinity College from 2004 to 2012. Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge for ten years, he has also been a professor at Sussex University and a Royal Society research professor. He has been Britain's Astronomer Royal since 1995. He has modeled quasars and has made important contributions to the theories of galaxy formation, galaxy clustering, and the origin of the cosmic background radiation. His early study of the distribution of quasars helped discredit the steady state cosmological theory. He was one of the first to propose that enormous black holes power the quasars. He has investigated the anthropic principle, the idea that we find the universe the way it is because if it were much different we would not be here to examine it, and the question of whether ours is one of a multitude of "universes." He has written many books, most of them nontechnical. In recent years he has spoken and written on public issues related to science and human survival.
Personal Web Page
At the University of Cambridge
Presentation of Bruce medal
Mercury 22, 4, 122 (1993).
Other awards
American Astronomical Society, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, 2004.
American Astronomical Society, High-Energy Astrophysics Division, Rossi Prize, 2000.
American Institute of Physics & American Astronomical Society, Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, 1984.
Astronomische Gesellschaft, Karl Schwarzschild Medal, 1989.
Peter Gruber Foundation, Gruber Cosmology Prize, 2001.
Indian National Science Academy, Vainu Bappu Memorial Award, 1986.
International Balzan Foundation, Balzan Prize, 1989.
Franklin Institute, Bower Award, 2009.
National Science Foundation, National Medal of Science, 2012 (UCSC Press Release).
National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Jansky Prize, 1981.
Royal Astronomical Society, Gold medal, 1987, presented by R.D. Davies, QJRAS 28, 185 (1987).
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Crafoord Prize, 2005
Royal Society, Michael Faraday Prize, 2004.
UNESCO, Niels Bohr Medal, 2005
World Cultural Council, Albert Einstein World Award of Science, 2003.
Some offices held
British Association for the Advancement of Science, President, 1995-96.
Royal Astronomical Society, President, 1992-94.
Royal Society, President, 2005–10.
United Kingdom, Astronomer Royal, 1995–
Biographical materials
BBC News, Sir Martin Rees: Prophet of doom?
Brockman, John, Edge Foundation, Inc.
Greenwich 2000
Rees, Martin, interview with Alan Lightman, in Lightman, Alan & Roberta Brawer, Origins: The Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists (Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990), pp. 154-69.
s Straus, Michael A. & Michael S. Vogeley, Citation and biographical statement on award of the Gruber prize.
Cambridge University
AIP Center for History of Physics (3 photos)
Max Tegmark's photo album
Named after him
Minor Planet #4587 Rees
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The default rate for some student loans is now the highest it's been in 17 years. And for parents thinking about co-signing on a student loan, should consider some important facts first.
Steve was forced to take over payments for his son's student loans when the payments, interest and tight due dates became too much for the recent college grad. Steve had co-signed for his son's student loan and didn't want it to go into default, tanking both of their credit ratings.
"I had to rethink my whole financial situation whether I could retire will I have to work more? It, it kept me up at nights," said Steve.
A whopping two-thirds of undergrads now graduate with student loan debt. A total of $1 trillion currently waiting to be paid back. But will it be? For the first time ever, the student loan default rate now exceeds credit card delinquency rate.
"Unemployment is high, average interest rate at graduation has increased. The amount of debt each year increases, making it much more difficult for students to be able to afford their student loans," said Mark Kantrowitz with FinAid.org.
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- A deferment (this gives you a temporary reprieve from the payments where the interest does not accumulate)
- Or a forbearance (the payments are temporarily suspended but the interest still accumulates)
No matter what, a default can put a lot of stress on a family.
"When a student defaults and a parent is called back from retirement to go back to work to make these payments it's certainly not a good chapter in the parent child relationship," said Carrozza.
Steve says he didn't think co-signing on the college loan would have this result, but he has no regret.
"If I didn't do it and he didn't pursue it I'd feel guilty maybe that he didn't get the education he wanted or deserved," said Steve.
Experts say families should be sure they've exhausted all federal loan possibilities before taking out a private student loan. Some advise parents to take out a home equity loan to help pay for college or to help pay off a student loan. Experts say it is usually difficult to get student loans dismissed in bankruptcy court.